Floor-scrubbing machine.



No. 824,656. PATENTED JUNE 26,V1906.,

J. w. HOWE. FLOOR SGRUBBING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9. 1906.

Inventor Attorneys TE STTES PATEN OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed August 9,1905. Serial No. 273,406.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN WILLIAM HowE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spangle, in the county of Spokane'and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Floor-Scrubbin Machine, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to improvements in floor-scrubbing apparatus, and has for its object to im rove the construction and increase the e 'ciency of devices of this character.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanyingl drawings, and particularly pointed out in t e appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved scrubbing-machine in operative position. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the improved scrubbing-machine. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In its preferred embodiment the improved scrubbin machine forming the subjectmatter 0 this application comprises an approximately cylmdrical brushhousing 10, open at the bottom, as at 11, and havm' a tangential chute 12, extending rearwardly and downwardly therefrom. The ends of the housing .10 are closed by disk-like cover members 13, having central openings in which is journaled the shaft 14, forming the axis of the block 15, which forms the base for holding the fibers of the brush 16.

The end disks 13 are provided with stren thening stri s 17 and with casterwhee s, one of whic is shown at 18, for supporting the housing and its brush.

For operating the machine a pair of handles 19 are pivoted upon the shaft 14 exteriorly of the strips 17 and end disks 13 and extending rearwardly therefrom terminate in down-curved ends 20, adapted to rest upon the shoulders of the operator, as shown in Fig 1. Upon the handles 19 is mounted a transverse shaft 21, which is rovided at its ends outside the handles wit oppositely-extending crank arms 22. Any approved means of communicating motion from the shaft to the brush maybe employed, and here I shown as a sprocket 23 upon the shaft 21, a sprocket 24 upon the shaft 14, and a chain 25 mounted upon the two sprockets.

receptacle '26, with the side next the housing curved to correspond to the same and bearneath the chute 12, as shown at 35. The receptacle 26 is provided withgcasters 27 and a bail 29 and is detachably connected to the housing 10 by hooks 36. The housing is supported uon its casters 18 at the lower part, while t e rear up er part issupported y thecurved wall of t e rece tacle, bearing beneath, the chute 12 and held in place by the hooks 36. The receptacle thus performs two important functionsfirst, as a rece tacle for the water and other material carrie upward and over by the brush, and, second, as a partial support to the housing and its brush and other attachments to retain them in operative osition. When the receptacle is to be detacl ied for discharging it's contents, the hooks 36 are disconnected and the housing tilted to release the chute and the receptacle wheeled away on its casters to be discharged or conveyed by its bail 29. When a ain re- ?uired for use, the parts are recouple as beore.

A removable reservoir 30 is mounted upon the housing and retained thereon in any approved manner, as by the upstanding lip 31. The reservoir is provided with a dischargepipe 32, having a transversely-disposed sprinklingmozzle 33, dis osed lmmediately in front of the brush an to clear the floor, and a valve 34to control the flow of water.

To operate the device, the reservoir 30 1s filled with water, either clear or soapy, as found desirable. The valve 34 is then 0 ened, permitting the water to flow throu h t e ipe 32 and discharge-nozzle 33. T e han les are then placed with the curves 20 who rasps the cranks 22, and whi e in an upri t osition advances, turning the cra s. he rotation of the cranks rotates the brush, which scrubs the floor and carries the dirty water to and discharges it mto the chute and from there to the receptacle 26. It will thus be seen that by simply walking ahead and turnin the cranks, conveniently disposed, the who e process ofscrubbing and drying the floor is performed.

ing at the upper edge of the curved side bebearing upon the shoulders of the o erator,

Disposed rearwardly of the housin 10 is a Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- A device of the class described, comprising a housing havin an opening in the bottom and a tangentiafiy-disposed discharge-chute extending rearwardly therefrom, stren thening devices attached to the ends 0 said housing, a shaft journaled in said strengthening devices and extending through said housing, a brush carried by said shaft within said housing and operatin through the aperture therein, spaced hand es swinging from said shaft at opposite sides of said housing, means eaaeae carried by said handles for operating said shaft and the brush mounted thereon, a re- I 5 ceptacle disposed rearwardly of said housin and with one edge bearing beneath sai chute, and means for detachably coupling the receptacle to the housing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 20 my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WILLIAM HOWE. Witnesses:

ALICE SULLIVAN, OLIVER W. NEWLON. 

